Area College Roundup: Bradley baseball defeats Saint Louis

SAUGET — The bottom of the Bradley lineup was on top of its game Tuesday night at GCS Ballpark.

Going a combined 11-for-19 from the plate, the bottom four hitters in the Braves’ lineup powered the visitors to a 9-1 victory over the Saint Louis baseball team.

Drew Carlile, Austin Jarvis and Isaac Smith each had three hits for BU (11-3), which won for the fourth time in five games.

A sacrifice fly by Max Murphy and a two-out RBI single by Tyler Leffler in the top of the first put the Braves on top. A five-run rally in the seventh stretched the Braves’ lead to 8-0, while an RBI single by Jarvis in the eighth completed the scoring for the visitors.

Starter Cameron Roegner got the win after tossing five scoreless innings against the Billikens (8-7), who managed just seven hits.

-Bradley’s home-opening series against Northern Illinois is being moved to the artificial surface of the Corn Crib in Normal because of the harsh winter that has prevented preparation of the natural grass surface at Dozer Park.

Saturday’s series opener is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start, though the BU-NIU game will be the fourth event of the day at the Corn Crib, which first is hosting an Illinois State softball doubleheader and the ISU baseball game against Western Illinois.

BU and NIU will play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Illinois men’s golf

LAFAYETTE, LA. — A rocky finish nearly cost the Illini the title on the final day of play at the Louisiana Classic.

Thankfully for Illinois, a 13-stroke lead at the beginning of the day provided just enough distance to prevent LSU from stealing the title with a late rally. By the time the dust settled at Oakbourne Country Club, the Illini ended up with a six-stroke (839-845) advantage and their second-straight title at the tournament.

A 3-under 69 by Charlie Danielson helped the Illini fend off the Tigers. Danielson and Thomas Detry finished in a three-way tie with LSU’s Curtis Thompson for second place in the individual standings with a three-round total of 209.

Competing as an individual, LSU’s Myles Lewis took the crown with a 206.

ELSEWHERE: The Bradley men’s golf team finished seventh at the Don Benbow Invite in Jacksonville, Florida. ... The Eureka softball team split a pair at the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., defeating SUNY Canton 4-0 before suffering a 6-2 loss to Emmanuel.

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